“On the NSA… it does not have a big impact on business growth,” Huawei Executive VP Eric Xu recently said during an analyst conference. “But it has an impact on workloads, in communicating with and persuading current industry stakeholders (that producers are secure), and that’s more tiresome.”

Although Xu didn’t publicly criticize the U.S. for its spying efforts, the Chinese government has filed many official complaints about the issue.

The company also announced that its tradition of rotating CEOs would end, offering the company additional stability. It’s unknown when the new management infrastructure would become permanent, but a team of upper management, and not an individual CEO, will lead the company.

Huawei plans to spend more than $300 million on global marketing efforts throughout 2014, in an effort to improve brand image. The Chinese company also expects information technology investment to ramp up 14 percent this year alone, as Huawei hopes to extend its product offerings outside of China.

...that nearly 2 years ago our Senators were voicing opposition to Huawei based on the threat of tampering by the Chinese govt for espionage purposes. Are those same Senators voicing the same concerns about the NSA, which has its tentacles into so much more than we thought possible a year ago, including Hauwei? I personally care a lot less about the Chinese govt spying on me because I don't live under their jurisdiction.